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	Valentine, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254b.htm Reigned briefly in A.D. 827.
	Victor III, Pope Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15410a.htm Benedictine monk, peacemaker, abbot of Monte Cassino, elected to the papacy in 1086, d. 1087.
	Vigilius, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427b.htm Reigned 537-55.
	Vitalian, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484b.htm He tried to win over the Monothelites who then held sway in Constantinople, and was the reigning pope at the time of the Synod of Whitby. He died in 672.
	Vinci, Leonardo di Ser Piero da - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15440a.htm Florentine painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scholar. (1452-1519)

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15333a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15333a.htm The capital of a province in Northern Italy, is formed of a group of 117 small islands joined together by 378 bridges mostly built of stone.
	Victor I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15408a.htm Article on the late second-century pope, involved in the Quartodeciman controversy.
	Victor II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15409a.htm Reigned 1055-57.
	Versions of the Bible - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15367a.htm Article on versions of the Bible in the original languages and in translation. Grouped by source.
	Virgin Mary, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm A promise made to God.
	Vespucci, Amerigo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm Biographical article on the Italian navigator (1451-1512).
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15472a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15472a.htm According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage.
	Violence - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15446a.htm The stimulus or moving cause must come from without; no one can do violence to himself.
	Virgin Birth of Christ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15448a.htm The dogma which teaches that the Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ was a virgin before, during, and after the conception and birth of her Divine Son.

	Vatican Council - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15303a.htm The twentieth and up to 1912, the last ecumenical council, opened on 8 December, 1869, and adjourned on 20 October, 1870.
	Vestments - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15388a.htm According to the rules of the Church or from ecclesiastical usage, are to be worn by the clergy in performing the ceremonies of the services of the Church.
	Vicar-General - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15402a.htm The highest official of a diocese after the ordinary.
	Vicar Apostolic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401b.htm In the early ages of the Church, the popes committed to some residentiary bishops the duty of watching over ecclesiastical matters in a certain region.
	Vulgate, Revision of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515b.htm In the spring of 1907 the public press announced that Pius X had determined to begin preparations for a critical revision of the Latin Bible.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15417a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15417a.htm The capital of Austria-Hungary, the residence of the emperor, and the seat of a Latin archbishopric.
	Valentine, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February.
	Vatican, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm Detailed history and information.
	Verbiest, Ferdinand - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15346a.htm Jesuit missionary and astronomer. (1623-1688)
	Visitation, Canonical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15479a.htm The act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view of maintaining faith and discipline, and of correcting abuses by the application of proper remedies.

	Vienne, Council of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15423a.htm Convened 1311-1312, dealing mainly with the Knights Templar.
	Visions and Apparitions - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15477a.htm The article deals not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to the direct intervention of a power superior to man.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403c.htm Regarded as a habit inclining one to sin.
	Visitation Order - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15481a.htm The nuns of the Visitation of Mary, called also Filles de Sainte-Marie, Visitandines, and Salesian Sisters, were founded in 1610.
	Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15286a.htm Details of scientific activity in the Vatican.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248b.htm A term applied to an office or position devoid of an incumbent, as a vacant benefice, bishopric, or parish.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15381a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15381a.htm Historical article on Evening Prayer, one of the two principal canonical hours.
	Valentinus and Valentinians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256a.htm The best known and most influential of the Gnostic heretics, born on the coast of Egypt.
	Verne, Jules - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358c.htm Novelist. (1828-1905)
	Vatican Observatory - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15309a.htm Gregory XIII ordered a tower to be erected in a convenient part of the Vatican buildings, and to be fitted out with the greatest and best instruments of the time.

	Visit ad Limina - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15478a.htm The obligation incumbent on certain members of the hierarchy of visiting, the "thresholds of the Apostles", Sts. Peter and Paul, and of presenting themselves before the pope to give an account of the state of their dioceses.
	Vespers, Sicilian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384a.htm The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 March, 1282, against the domination of Charles of Anjou.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268b.htm A Germanic people belonging to the family of East Germans.
	Virginity - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15458a.htm Morally, virginity signifies the reverence for bodily integrity which is suggested by a virtuous motive.
	Volta, Alessandro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15503a.htm Physicist. (1745-1827)

	Victor IV - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15411a.htm Cardinal Gregory Conti, elected in opposition to Innocent II.
	Voluntary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15506a.htm Wilful, proceeding from the will.
	Veronica Giuliani, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15363a.htm Short biographical article on this Capuchin, who died in 1727.
	Vexilla Regis Prodeunt - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15396a.htm Written by Venantius Fortunatus.
	Venezuela - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15327a.htm A republic formed out of the provinces which, under Spanish rule, constituted the captaincy general of the same name.

	Veni Creator Spiritus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15341a.htm The most famous of hymns, assigned in the Roman Breviary to Vespers (I and II) and Terce of Pentecost and throughout the octave.
	Vincent of Beauvais - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439a.htm Priest and encyclopedist. (1190-1264)
	Vocation, Ecclesiastical and Religious - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15498a.htm The special gift of those who, in the Church of God, follow with a pure intention the ecclesiastical profession of the evangelical counsels.
	Vladimir the Great, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15497a.htm Biography of the grandson of St. Olga. Grand Duke of Kiev and All Russia, first ruler of Russia to convert to Christianity, d. 1015.
	Veni Sancte Spiritus Et Emitte Coelitus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342a.htm Sung at Mass from Whitsunday until the following Saturday inclusively, and comprises ten stanzas.

	Vasari, Giorgio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15274a.htm Painter, architect, and writer. (1511-1574)
	Veil, Religious - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15321c.htm The bride of Christ, as the vestal virgins had done, adopted the veil, which thus symbolized not so much the purity as the inviolable fidelity to Christ which was to be reverenced in her.
	Voluntarism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15505a.htm In the modern metaphysical sense is a theory which explains the universe as emanating ultimately from some form of will.
	Veto, The Royal - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15392b.htm Lord Grenville presented a petition for the Catholics in the Lords, and, in moving for a committee, proposed an effective veto for the king on the appointment of bishops.
	Vesalius, Andreas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378c.htm The reorganizer of the study of anatomy.

	Verrocchio, Andrea del - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364d.htm Artist. (1435-1488)
	Vespasian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15379a.htm Biography of the Roman Emperor.
	Valla, Lorenzo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15257a.htm Article by U. Benigni on the teachings of this Italian humanist.
	Van Beethoven, Ludwig - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15265b.htm Composer. (1770-1827)
	Verrazano, Giovanni da - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364a.htm Navigator, died 1527.

	Veronica, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm Veronica is a name popularly given to one of the women who accompanied Christ to Calvary. "Veronica" is an abbreviation of "vera icon" (true image), and the woman now called Veronica is said to have offered a towel to Christ, on which he left the imprint of his face.
	Verdi, Giuseppe - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350b.htm Italian composer. (1813-1901)
	Volterra, Daniele da - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15504a.htm Italian painter. (1509-1566)
	Vives, Juan Luis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15492a.htm Article on his life and works, by Paul Lejay.
	Valentinian I - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254c.htm Emperor of the West. (321-375)

	Vincent of Lérins, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439b.htm Essay on the fifth-century monk and ecclesiastical writer.
	Vincent, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434b.htm Essay on the deacon, a native of Saragossa, martyred in 304.
	Validation of Marriage - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256c.htm May be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its nullity arises only from a defective consent in one or both parties.
	Vivarini - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15491b.htm A family of Italian painters. Alvise, Antonio, and Bartolommeo (Bartolommeo da Murano).
	Vestibule (in Architecture) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15387a.htm A hall projecting in front of the façade of a church, found from the fifth century both in the East and the West.

	Votive Offerings - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15509a.htm The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, and in consequence looked upon as set apart by this act of consecration.
	Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15323a.htm Artist's biography by Louis Gillet.
	Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15480a.htm Article on the event and the feast.
	Virgin Mary, Devotion to the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15459a.htm Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of the doctrine of the Communion of Saints.
	Virgin Mary, Name of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464a.htm The Hebrew form of her name is Miryam.

	Valens, Flavius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15253b.htm Emperor of the East. (328-378)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507a.htm A wise woman.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm In canon law, the representative of a person clothed with ordinary ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
	Versions of the Bible, Coptic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16078c.htm At least parts of Scripture were translated into all four dialects of the Coptic language, though there is some debate about which of the Coptic versions is oldest.
	Votive Offices - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15510a.htm One not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a view to satisfying a special devotion.

	Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15407a.htm First stanza of the Easter sequence.
	Vivisection - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15494a.htm Defined literally the word vivisection signifies the dissection of living creatures.
	Vallumbrosan Order - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15262a.htm Founded by St. John Gualbert, son of the noble Florentine Gualbert Visdomini.
	Votive Mass - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15508b.htm A Mass offered for a votum, a special intention.
	Vicar of Christ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403b.htm A title of the pope implying his supreme and universal primacy, both of honour and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ.

	Vitellius, Lucius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486e.htm Proclaimed Roman Emperor by the soldiers at Cologne during the civil war of A.D. 69; d. at Rome, 21 Dec., 69.
	Visits to the Blessed Sacrament - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483b.htm A devotional practice of relatively modern development, honoring the Real Presence of Christ.
	Vespers, Music of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15382a.htm Applies especially to the cathedral Office, i.e., the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.
	Vincent de Paul, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434c.htm Biography of the French priest, founder of the Congregation of the Mission, who died in 1660.
	Viaticum - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397c.htm Among the ancient Greeks the custom prevailed of giving a supper to those setting out on a journey.

	Visitors Apostolic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483a.htm Officials whom canonists commonly class with papal legates.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15318a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15318a.htm Sacred books of ancient India.
	Vincent Ferrer, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15437a.htm Biography of this Spanish-born Dominican missionary, who died in 1419.
	Valerian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256b.htm Biography of the Roman ruler, focusing on his treatment of Christians.
	Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15438a.htm Bishop of Cracow, resigned his office and became the first Pole to join the Cistercians. He died in 1223.

	Visigoths - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15476b.htm One of the two principal branches of the Goths.
	Vicar Capitular - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401c.htm The administrator of a vacant diocese, elected by a cathedral chapter.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15360a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15360a.htm Diocese in Venetia (Northern Italy).
	Vieta, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425b.htm Father of modern algebra.
	Verdun, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350c.htm Comprises the Department of the Meuse.

	Victorinus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414a.htm Biographical profile of the bishop of Pettau, an ecclesiastical writer, martyred in the Diocletian persecution.
	Valence, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15250a.htm Comprises the Department of Drome.
	Vicenza, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404c.htm The city is the capital of a province in Venetia (Northern Italy).
	Viterbo and Toscanella - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15487a.htm The city of Viterbo in the Province of Rome stands at the foot of Monte Cimino, in Central Italy.
	Valladolid, Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15258a.htm Bounded on the north by Palencia, east by Burgos and Segovia, south by Avila and Salamanca, and west by Zamora.

	Vannes, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271b.htm Comprises the Department of Morbihan, and was re-established by the Concordat of 1802.
	Vernier, Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359a.htm Inventor of the instrument which bears his name. (1580-1637)
	Vercelli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15348b.htm Archdiocese in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy.
	Versailles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15366a.htm Diocese includes the Department of Seine-et-Oise, France.
	Vico, Francescoe de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15406a.htm Astronomer. (1805-1848)

	Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315b.htm French chemist. (1763-1829)
	Vienna, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15421a.htm The oldest university of the former Holy Roman Empire, next to the University of Prague.
	Valentinian III - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15255b.htm Reigned 425-55, son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius, succeeded Emperor Honorius.(419-455)
	Vich, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15405a.htm Suffragan of Tarragona.
	Vergerio, Pier Paolo, the Elder - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353b.htm Humanist, statesman, and canonist. (b. 1370)

	Valencia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15251b.htm Located in Spain; comprises the civil Provinces of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón.
	Verdaguer, Jacinto - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15350a.htm Spanish poet. (1845-1902)
	Vaison, Ancient Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16078b.htm Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, its territory is now included in the Dioceses of Avignon.
	Virginia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15451a.htm One of the thirteen original states.
	Vaughan, Herbert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15311b.htm Cardinal, and third Archbishop of Westminster. (1832-1903)

	Vergilius of Salzburg, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353d.htm Irish-born Abbot of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. He held that the earth was round, for which St. Boniface accused him of heresy. Vergilius freed himself of the charge, and went on to become a missionary, dying in 789.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15493a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15493a.htm Diocese; includes the Department of Ardèche, France.
	Volterra - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15504b.htm Diocese in Tuscany.
	Vancouver - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15267b.htm Archdiocese; includes that part of the mainland of the Province of British Columbia south of 54 ° N. lat. and west of the Straits of Georgia, together with the Queen Charlotte Islands.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15432a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15432a.htm The capital of Lithuania, situated at the junction of the Rivers Vileika and Vilja.

	Valentinian II - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15255a.htm Emperor of the West. (371-392)
	Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15428a.htm A theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles. (1507-1573)
	Vercellone, Carlo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15349a.htm Biblical scholar, born at Biella, Milan; died at Rome, 19 January, 1869.
	Victoria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412b.htm Diocese in southwestern British Columbia.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342c.htm Diocese in Southern Italy.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264a.htm Titular see, suffragan of Dyrrachium, in Epirus Nova.
	Ventimiglia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15343a.htm Italian diocese.
	Vizagapatam, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496a.htm Located in the east of India, suffragan to Madras.
	Veit, Philipp - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15322a.htm Painter. (1793-1877)
	Veuillot, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15394b.htm Journalist and writer. (1813-1883)

	Vogler, George Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501a.htm Theorist, composer, organist. (1749-1814)
	Vitelleschi, Muzio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486d.htm Born at Rome 2 Dec., 1563; died there 9 Feb., 1645.
	Verapoly, Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15345a.htm Located on the Malabar Coast, India, having the Diocese of Quilon as suffragan.
	Viel, Nicholas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15416a.htm Died 1625, the first victim of apostolic zeal on the shores of the St. Lawrence.
	Van der Weyden, Rogier - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269c.htm Painter. (1399-1464)

	Vicente, Gil - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404b.htm Portuguese dramatist. (1470-1536)
	Verstegan, Richard - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15377a.htm Publisher and antiquarian, born at London, about 1548.
	Vegio, Maffeo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15320b.htm Humanist, poet, and educator. (1406-1458)
	Veroli, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359b.htm Located in the Province of Rome.
	Vallarsi, Dominic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260a.htm Italian priest. (1702-1771)

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249a.htm A titular see of Numidia, frequently mentioned by historians and ancient geographers.
	Vineam Domini - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15445b.htm An Apostolic Constitution issued by Clement XI against the Jansenists on 16 July, 1705.
	Vecchietta, Lorenzo di Pietro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317c.htm Artist. (1412-1480)
	Villers, Cistercian Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431c.htm Situated on the confines of Villers and Tilly, Duchy of Brabant, present Diocese of Namur (Belgium), and first monastery of the order in this territory.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354b.htm One of the New England states.

	Vering, Friedrich Heinrich - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15354a.htm German canonist. (1833-1896)
	Vitalis, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486a.htm Martyr in about 171. Husband of St. Valeria (also a martyr), and father of SS. Gervasius and Protasius.
	Vera Cruz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344c.htm Diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Mexico.
	Vieira, Antonio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415d.htm Missionary, diplomat, orator. (1608-1697)
	Valleyfield, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261a.htm Situated at the outlet of Lake St. Francis, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence.

	Vogüé, Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501b.htm Critic, novelist, and historian. (1848-1910)
	Vadstena, Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248c.htm Founded in Sweden by St. Bridget in 1346.
	Victorinus, Caius Marius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414b.htm A fourth-century grammarian, rhetorician, philosopher, and theologian.
	Victor of Capua - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15414c.htm A sixteenth-century bishop.
	Verna, La - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358a.htm An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines.

	Van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15266a.htm Professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in the Catholic University at Louvain. (1809-1831)
	Villani, Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429b.htm Florentine historian, b. about 1276; d. of the plague in 1348.
	Villanovanus, Arnaldus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429c.htm Physician and alchemist. (1235-1312)
	Viator, Clerics of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15399a.htm Lector of the cathedral at Lyons, France, in the fourth century.
	Vigevano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426b.htm Diocese in Lombardy, Province of Pavia.

	Vigor, Simon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15428b.htm French bishop and controversialist. (1515-1575)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15489a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15489a.htm Diocese; suffragan of Burgos, in Spain.
	Vaudreuil - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15311a.htm Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. Governor of Canada, died 1725.
	Vindicianus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15445a.htm Biography of the bishop of Cambrai-Arras, born about 620.
	Vischer, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15475a.htm Sculptor and metal founder. (1460-1529)

	Vallgornera, Thomas de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261b.htm Dominican theologian and ascetical writer. (1595-1665)
	Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15490b.htm According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian.
	Vigilius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426c.htm Biographical essay on the Bishop of Trent, martyred 26 June, 405.
	Vigilius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427a.htm Bishop of Tapsus, in the African Province of Byzacena.
	Verbum Supernum Prodiens - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15348a.htm The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of Christ and the Institution of the Holy Eucharist.

	Vandal, Albert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268a.htm French writer. (1853-1910)
	Vondel, Joost van Den - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15507b.htm Netherland poet and convert. (1587-1679)
	Venturino of Bergamo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344a.htm Preacher. (1304-1346)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15412a.htm Bishop of Tunnunum in Northern Africa. (d. 569)
	Veszprém - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15392a.htm Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, one of the sees founded about 1009 by King St. Stephen, or perhaps by Queen Gisela, his wife.

	Vallée-Poussin, Charles-Louis-Joseph-Xavier de la - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260c.htm Professor of geology and mineralogy at the Catholic University of Louvain. (1827-1903)
	Vezzosi, Antonio Francesco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397a.htm Member of the Theatine Congregation and biographical writer. (1708-1783)
	Vaughan, Roger William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315a.htm Second Archbishop of Sydney. (1834-1883)
	Vernazza, Tommasina - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15358b.htm Entered the monastery of St. Maria delle Grazie, and became a canoness regular, taking the name of Battistina. (1497-1587)
	Villalpandus, Juan Bautista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15429a.htm His fame rests mainly on a "Commentary on Ezechiel".

	Verecundus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15352a.htm Bishop of Junca, in the African Province of Byzacena, in the middle of the sixth century.
	Verot, Augustin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15363b.htm Third Bishop of Savannah, first of St. Augustine. (1804-1876)
	Vasquez, Gabriel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15275a.htm Theologian. (1549-1604)
	Veith, Johann Emanuel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15322b.htm Preacher. (1787-1876)
	Valence, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15251a.htm Erected 26 July, 1452, by letters patent from the Dauphin Louis, afterwards Louis XI.

	Viborg, Ancient See of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16081b.htm Located in Denmark.
	Viotti, Giovanni Battista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15447a.htm Founder of the modern school of violinist.
	Vincenzo de Vit - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484a.htm Latinist. (1810-1892)
	Ventura di Raulica, Gioacchino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15343b.htm Italian orator, patriot, philosopher. (1792-1861)
	Valladolid, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15259a.htm Alfonso XI was the patron of Valladolid.

	Virgilius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15447b.htm Essay on the monk, archbishop of Arles.
	Venusti, Raffaele - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15344b.htm Italian controversialist. (d. 1543)
	Vergil, Polydore - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353c.htm Commissioned by Henry VII to write the history of England.
	Viger, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15426a.htm French-Canadian antiquarian and archaeologist. (1787-1858)
	Vicariate Apostolic (Updated List) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16082a.htm Recently erected vicariates Apostolic as of 1913.

	Vittorino da Feltre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15490a.htm Humanist educator. (1397-1446)
	Victor Vitensis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415a.htm An African bishop of the Province of Byzacena.
	Vaast, Abbey of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248a.htm Situated at Arras, the ancient capital of Artois, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France; founded in 667.
	Vaux, Laurence - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15315c.htm Martyr in prison. (1519-1585)
	Valdés, Alfonso de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249c.htm Spanish Humanist and chancellor of Emperor Charles V. (1500-1532)

	Visdelou, Claude de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15476a.htm One of the missionaries sent to China by Louis XIV in 1687.
	Veglia, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15321a.htm In Austria, suffragan of Görz-Gradisca.
	Vitalis and Agricola, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486b.htm Vitalis was a slave, converted to Christianity by his master Agricola. Both were martyred at Bologna about 304.
	Vertin, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15377b.htm Third Bishop of Marquette, U.S.A. (1844-1899)
	Vexiö, Ancient See of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16081a.htm In Sweden, comprised the County of Kronoberg and the hundreds of Ostra, Westra, Östbo, and Westbo in the County of Jönköping.

	Valliscaulian Order - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261c.htm Founded towards the end of the twelfth century by Viard, a lay brother of the Carthusian priory of Loubigny, in the Diocese of Langres.
	Vavasour, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15316b.htm English physician. (1536-1585)
	Van der Sandt, Maximilian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269b.htm Wrote works on philosophy and theology, including a notable controversial reply to the Batavian Calvinist Lawrence in defence of the moral teaching of the Jesuits. (1578-1656)
	Van De Vyver, Augustine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15270b.htm Sixth Bishop of Richmond, Virginia. (1844-1911)
	Villefranche, Jacques-Melchior - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15430a.htm Publicist. (1829-1904)

	Villermé, Louis-René - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431b.htm French economist. (1782-1863)
	Vierthaler, Franz Michael - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425a.htm Austrian pedagogue. (1758-1827)
	Villeneuve-Barcement, Jean-Paul-Alban - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15431a.htm Vicomte de, b. at Saint-Auban, Var, 8 Aug., 1784; d. at Paris, 8 June, 1850.
	Vitalis of Savigny, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15486c.htm Founder of the monastery and Congregation of Savigny. Died 1122.
	Viger, Denis-Benjamin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15425c.htm French-Canadian statesman and writer. (1774-1861)

	Visitation Convent, Georgetown - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15483c.htm Located in the District of Columbia, United States of America.
	Vaux-de-Cernay - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15316a.htm Cistercian abbey situated in the Diocese of Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, in what was called the "Isle-de-France".
	Vavasseur, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15317a.htm Humanist and controversialist. (1605-1681)
	Valverde, Vincent de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15265a.htm First Bishop of Cuzco. (d. 1541)
	Valva and Sulmona, Dioceses of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264c.htm Located in Italy, Valva, a medieval castle belonging to the Bishop of Sulmona, Baron of Valva, is situated near the ancient Corfinium, chief town of the Peligni, a Samnite tribe.

	Van den Broek, Theodore J. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15269a.htm Priest and missionary. (1783-1851)
	Vatable, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276a.htm Abbot of Bellozane, died 1547.
	Veghe, Johannes - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15320a.htm German preacher and religious writer, died 1504.
	Vanni, Andrea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15272a.htm Painter and statesman. (1320-1414)
	Vrie, Theodoric - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515a.htm Fourteenth-century historian.

	Vaillant de Gueslis, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15249b.htm Jesuit missionary. (1646-1718)
	Van de Velde, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15270a.htm Spanish painter. (1503-1580)
	Vane, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271a.htm Seventeenth-century convert from Anglicanism.
	Vanni, Francesco - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15272b.htm Siennese painter. (1565-1609)
	Vargas, Luis de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15273a.htm Seville painter. (1502-1568)

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15496b.htm Diocese in north central Portugal.
	Valois, Henri - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15263a.htm Philologist. (1603-1676)
	Vertot, Réné-Aubert, Sieur de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378a.htm French historian. (1655-1735)
	Van Buren, William Home - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15267a.htm American surgeon. (1819-1883)
	Vitalini, Bonifazio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15485a.htm Jurist, died 1388.

	Vargas y Mexia, Francisco de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15273b.htm Spanish diplomat and ecclesiastical writer, died 1566.
	Vida, Marco Girolamo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15415c.htm Italian Humanist.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378b.htm A Cistercian monastery and church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It is situated five miles north-west of Borja, Saragossa, Spain.
	Victoria Nyanza, Southern - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15413b.htm Vicariate apostolic erected from the mission of Nyanza.
	Vrau, Philibert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15514a.htm "The holy man of Lille", organizer of numerous Catholic activities. (1829-1905)

	Victoria Nyanza, Northern - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15413a.htm Founded in 1878 by the White Fathers of Cardinal Lavigerie.
	Valencia, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15253a.htm At the request of Jaime I the Conqueror, Innocent IV in 1246, authorized by a Bull the establishment of estudios generales in Valencia.
	Vicari, Hermann von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15403a.htm Archbishop of Freiburg in Baden. (1773-1868)
	Viader, José - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15397b.htm Assistant at the Indian mission of Santa Clara.
	Verri, Count Pietro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364c.htm Economist.(1728-1797)

	Villehardouin, Geoffroi de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15430b.htm Maréchal de Champagne, warrior, and first historian in the French language.
	Viva, Domenico - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15491a.htm Writer. (1648-1726)
	Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15508a.htm Born at Weilburg (in Nassau), Germany, 25 March, 1810; died at Vienna, 17 October, 1889.
	Vespasiano da Bisticci - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15380a.htm Florentine humanist and librarian. (1421-1498)
	Vergani, Paolo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15353a.htm Italian political economist. (1753-1820)

	Valle, Pietro della - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15260b.htm Italian traveller in the Orient. (1586-1652)
	Veron, François - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359c.htm French controversialist, born at Paris about 1575; died at Charenton, 1625.
	Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15342b.htm A prose invocation of the Holy Ghost.
	Vega, Andreas de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15319a.htm Spanish theologian. (d. 1560)
	Vincent Mary Pallotti, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11429a.htm Biography of the founder of the Pious Society of Missions, who are commonly known as the Pallottine Fathers. He died in 1850.

	Valroger, Hyacinthe de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15264b.htm French oratorian, first studied medicine, and was later ordained priest. (1814-1876)
	Volksverein - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15502a.htm Organization of German Catholics opposing heresies and revolutionary tendencies in the social world, and for the defence of Christian order in society.
	Vicelinus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15404a.htm Biographical article on the Bishop of Oldenburg, who died in 1154.
	Verreau, Hospice-Anthelme - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364b.htm French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian. (1828-1901)
	Volk, Wilhelm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15501c.htm Pseudonym, Ludwig Clarus.

	Vetter, Conrad - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15394a.htm Preacher and polemical writer. (1547-1622)
	Vincent, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434a.htm Also called Maldegarius, married to St. Waldetrude. Their four children are also among the saints. SS. Vincent and Waldetrude both entered monastic life, he founding the monasteries of Hautmont and Soignies. He died in 677.

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